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LOS ANGELES - The final road game of the 2014 season is also one of the shortest trips of the year for LMU women's soccer as it travels 19 miles up the PCH on Sunday to face West Coast Conference rival Pepperdine in the annual Wells Fargo PCH Cup match. Kick off from Malibu is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Lions guaranteed themselves a winning season last week with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Gonzaga. Now 9-6-2 overall, they are in the hunt for their first 10+ win season since 2010.
Shannon Kent and Morgan Hilby have starred for the Lions as of late, combining to score the last four goals. In all, the duo has netted 11 of LMU's 22 goals, while Hibly also has five assists. Jocelyn Blankenship leads the squad wit six assists. Sophia Leksan continues to shine in goal, allowing just 1.13 goals per game while collecting 70 saves on the year.
Pepperdine will offer a formidable test as the Waves enter the week ranked No. 12 in the NSCAA Coaches Poll with it's 13-2-3 overall record. Lynn Williams leads the Waves with 11 goals and four assists for 26 points. Ten other Waves have scored at least once. In goal, Hannah Seabert has played all but 15 minutes, allowing just 11 goals for an 0.59 average, to go along with eight shutouts.
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LMU at Pepperdine - Sunday, Nov. 2 @ 1:00 pm - Tari Frahm Rokus Field
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LION NOTES
• Junior midfielder Jocelyn Blankenship was named to the 2014 All-WCC Preseason Team
• Callie Taylor earned the first WCC Player of the Week honor for 2014 after scoring back-to-back game winning goals against New Mexico State and Cleveland State
• Sophomore Sophia Leksan posted back-to-back shutouts against Cleveland State and Oregon State and now has four clean sheets on the year.
• The win at UCSB on Sept. 7 snapped a 14-match road losing streak for LMU. The last road victory prior to that was a big one, however, a 3-0 upset of then No. 15 Pepperdine on Oct. 19, 2012.
• Freshman Sarah Sanger has a pair of overtime golden goal winners this year, netting them in back-to-back games at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 7) and versus Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 14). • Junior Shannon Kent scored in three consecutive games (at UCLA, vs UC Irvine and vs CSUN) and now leads the squad with six goals on the season.
• The Lions are unbeaten in overtime games this season, going 2-0-2. That mark includes a scoreless draw at Oregon State (Aug. 29), followed by back-to-back, double-overtime golden-goal winners at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 7) and versus Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 14), and most recently a 2-2 draw at Saint Mary's (Oct. 12).
• LMU's 3-1 win at Pacific on Oct. 10 snapped a 12-game streak without a WCC victory. Previous to the Oct. 10 match, LMU's last WCC win was over San Francisco - a 1-0 overtime victory over the Dons on Oct. 21, 2012.
SERIES HISTORY VS PEPPERDINE
The Lions are 6-11-5 all-time against Pepperdine, including a 3-7-1 mark in Malibu. Nine of the 22 all-time matches have gone into overtime, including three straight from 2008-10. Over the last three years, only one squad has scored in each of the meetings. The Waves earned a 1-0 shutout of LMU last fall on Sullivan Field. The year prior, however, the Lions upset then No. 15 Pepperdine, 3-0, in Malibu.
